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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *bĕḳwǝ (~-o)
Meaning: part of face, mouth
Notes: A Nakh-Lezg. isogloss with good correspondences.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *baḳa
Meaning: mouth
Chechen: baga
Ingush: bage
Batsbi: baḳ
Comments: Ing. bage reflects a suffixed form. 4th class in Chech., Ing., bj in Bacb.
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-bcb,nakhet-comment,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *p:eḳʷ
Meaning: 1 part of face (lips+nose) 2 muzzle 3 lip
Rutul: buḳ 1
Tsakhur: boḳ 2
Kryz: peḳ 3
Budukh: pǝḳ 3
Comment: Obl. base *p:eḳʷa- (cf. Tsakh. boḳa-). 4th class in Rut. and Shakh-Dagh, but 3d class in Tsakh. Unclear is the devoicing *p: > p in Kryz. and Bud.; otherwise the correspondences are quite regular.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-rut,lezget-cak,lezget-krz,lezget-bud,lezget-comment,
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *bĕḳwǝ́
Meaning: throat, mouth
Comments and references : LDC 16.
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-buru,sccet-basq,sccet-notes,
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Burushaski etymology :
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Common Burushaski: *buk
Meaning: throat, neck
Yasin: buk
Hunza: buk
Nagar: buk
Comments: Kho. buk.
buruet-prnum,buruet-meaning,buruet-yas,buruet-hun,buruet-ngr,buruet-notes,
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Basque etymology :
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Proto-Basque: *beko
Meaning: 1 forehead 2 frown (with eyebrows) 3 cheek 4 cheek, audacity
Bizkaian: beko-ki 1, (Mondragon, Ondarroa) beko-zko 2
Gipuzkoan: beko-zko 2, (Etxarri) beko-ski 1
High Navarrese: (Oyarzun) beko-ki 1
Low Navarrese: bekho, beko 1, bekho-ki 4, (Aldude) bekho-zko 3
Lapurdian: bekho, beko 1
Baztanese: beko-ki 2
Zuberoan: bekho-ki 4
Comments: Trask (1995) suggests derivation from late Latin beccu 'beak, bill', though there is no deeper history of this word in Latin, and it may be a borrowing from Vasconic.
basqet-prnum,basqet-meaning,basqet-bzk,basqet-gip,basqet-anv,basqet-bnv,basqet-lab,basqet-bzt,basqet-zbr,basqet-comments,
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